#1 Driver confronted the passengers for not wearing a mask on bus
A French bus driver was beaten mercilessly by a group of passengers after the driver confronted them for not complying by the rules and wearing a mask on public transportation. According to reports, the attack has left the man brain dead.
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Philippe Monguillot, 58, confronted the passengers who were not complying with a rule that requires face masks on public transportation when they boarded without tickets around 7 p.m. Sunday in Bayonne, French outlet Le Parisien reported.
“They just assumed they could all get on and do what they want, but the driver had to do his job,” a law enforcement source told the Daily Mail reported.
#2 He was dragged from the bus and ruthlessly beaten by the people
The driver was dragged from the bus on the platform and was kicked and beaten by the group who finally escaped leaving the injured man lying there.
“When he stood up to them, a very unpleasant argument developed, and voices were raised, and then the driver was attacked when everybody spilled out onto the bus platform,” the source told the outlet.
Monguillot was left unconscious and brought to the hospital, where he was determined to be brain-dead, Le Parisien reported.
His wife, Veronique, said the couple’s lives have been “destroyed” by the violent attack.
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“He can’t leave us like this, he was going to be 59 years old soon,” she told Le Parisien. “No, you don’t do this over a bus ticket. You don’t kill for free like this.”
#3 Five people charged but their identities have not been revealed yet
Five people have already been charged for the cruel attack but their identities have not been revealed yet.
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#4 The attack was 'babaric'
Bayonne Mayor Claude Olive condemned the attack as “barbaric” and said the city was working to improve safety for bus drivers.
“Philippe was a wonderful person who should have been protected,” Olive said.
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